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| | Gnomes of Zurich -- Facts, Info, and Encyclopedia article (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-05) |
 | | Gnomes of Zurich is a disparaging term for (additional info and facts about Swiss bankers) Swiss bankers. |
 | | On September 5th, when the (additional info and facts about T.U.C.) T.U.C. unanimously rejected wage restraint, it was the end of an era, and all the financiers, all the little gnomes in Zurich and other financial centres, had begun to make their dispensations in regard to sterling. |
 | | Swiss bankers are popularly associated with extremely secretive policies, while (A legendary creature resembling a tiny old man; lives in the depths of the earth and guards buried treasure) gnomes in (A story about fairies; told to amuse children) fairy tales live underground, in secret, counting their riches. |
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